Red power rising
Subtitle: the National Indian Youth Council and the origins of Native activism
By: Bradley G. Shreve ; foreword by Shirley Hill Witt
Series: New directions in Native American studies -- v. 5
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780806141787
Subjects: Politics and government; Indian youth; National Indian Youth Council; Indians of North America; Indian students; Civil rights; Indian activists; Civil rights movements; Political activity; Decolonization; History; Student movements; Power (Social sciences)
Description: "During the 1960s, American Indian youth were swept up in a movement called Red power--a civil rights struggle fueled by intertribal activism. While some define the movement as militant and others see it as peaceful, there is one common assumption about its history : Red Power began with the Indian takeover of Alcatraz in 1969. Or did it?"--Jacket, page [2].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Freedom for our people" : foundations of a movement; title: "We are born at a time when the Indian people need us" : the Regional Indian Youth Council; title: "Nationalism is a journey, a journey from hope into fear" : the Workshop on American Indian Affairs; title: "We believe in a future with high principles derived from the values and beliefs of our ancestors" : the founding of the National Indian Youth Council; title: "The time comes when we must take action!" : the fish-in campaign and the rise of intertribal direct action; title: "We cannot be afraid of power; we must use it" : the growth of Red power militancy; title: "Slug them in the mouth or shoot them" : reform, revolt, and reorganization in the NIYC; title: "The National Indian Youth Council is a process, not an event" : continuity and transformation in the 1970s and beyond.